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by dstein 15y ago
No, it's true. Cow milk is not essential part of the human diet. The "Got Milk" ad campaign is not a government-sponsored plan to get people to eat a healthier diet, which is what most people think it is.
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by dstein 15y ago
Cow milk is for feeding baby cows. The concept that cow milk is healthy for humans is a sophisticated advertising claim sponsored by the dairy industry.
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by dstein 15y ago
You're forgetting that there is no other way to sell software or content on an iOS device. You can't circumvent the App Store unless you tell your customers to crack their devices and use Cydia. I would be completely fine with Apple's App
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by dstein 15y ago
Microsoft long ago lost the mindset of developers. It's been a long time since I've met someone doing Windows-desktop software. All innovation appears to be happening outside of Microsoft technologies. MS fought for years (using IE) to m
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by dstein 15y ago
Valid points, but the subscription tax is on top of application delivery fees. That's going too far, and I think we're about to see a watershed event where nearly all publishers begin to flee the App Store. Watch it happen.
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by dstein 15y ago
Yeah if anyone can point out why Apple will be able to continue it's dominance over mobile apps with a 30% tax I'd really like to hear why.
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by dstein 15y ago
I think we are close to the tipping point where a majority of developers begin to favor webapps to iOS native apps. I've seen this coming a mile away. Apple almost lost a big portion of its development community 2 years ago with that whol
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by dstein 15y ago
Yew, you can see it for yourself if you play a flash movie you can tear off the tab into a window without affecting the video.
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by dstein 15y ago
The best thing you can do is warn other potential students to avoid this program completely. Having a 3 year introductory course before starting university sounds like a complete waste of time.
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by dstein 15y ago
Can anyone give some examples of big companies that were solo founders? I think Dropbox was.
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by dstein 15y ago
All the media backlash against Groupon is going to make it a very entertaining IPO day.
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by dstein 15y ago
Canvas has some advantages, like working in IE, and easily exporting to PNG.
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by dstein 15y ago
What I have found is every company seems to be looking for a "Senior Full-Stack Rockstar Developer" that is willing to work for $15/hr. And they wonder why they can't find qualified candidates.
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by dstein 15y ago
I think most insurance policies cover someone while in their own country. Outside of his country would be travelers insurance.
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by dstein 15y ago
Hmm. Lots of employers in the the on-site jobs thread. Lots of job seekers in the freelance thread. We've long had the technology to work remotely, now we're just waiting for corporations to catch up to the 21st century.
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by dstein 15y ago
Is there any reason the algorithm couldn't remain a trade secret? And is there any possible scenario where the long term good that comes from this patent will outweigh the long term good that will come from untethered innovation?
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by dstein 15y ago
Paying patent license fees is a lot like paying off terrorists in hopes they'll go away.
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by dstein 15y ago
warning the ecosystem to stay away from building “client apps that mimic or reproduce the mainstream Twitter consumer client experience.” That might be what they're saying, but what I'm hearing is stay away from any Twitter integ
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TechCrunch Disrupt at it's finest: Lumier's Windows enhancement platform(techcrunch.com)
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by dstein 15y ago
That sounds like too much overhead. This is why laptops were invented. If your laptop is too heavy then get a MacBook Air instead.
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by dstein 15y ago
It's unfortunate that colleges and universities collude with textbook publishers to ensure that they use a different textbook/edition each year that can only be bought at the university bookstore. Really you should be able to find out exac
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by dstein 15y ago
Yeah but it's a pyramid scheme that makes you tons of money! /s
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by dstein 15y ago
I wouldn't talk to a VC (to obtain venture capital) until you can show them how to turn their capital into substantial profit by giving it to you to spend.
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by dstein 15y ago
Whether or not it's in their legal right to sue, I vehemently oppose activity of this nature, and reiterate that they absolutely deserve having the law similarly turned against them.
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by dstein 15y ago
Yeah, I guess they only do trademark trolling -- I tend to lump most trademark suits in the same category as software patents.
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by dstein 15y ago
http://www.google.ca/search?q=facebook+sues Protecting the name "facebook" is not the same thing as suing every company with either "face" or "book" in the name. You don't even see Microsoft suing every company with "micro" or "soft" in
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by dstein 15y ago
4) and 5) definitely don't make you rich.
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by dstein 15y ago
What did you use instead?
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by dstein 15y ago
Facebook is one of the most egregious patent and trademark trolls of late. The article has no insight into what the potential ramifications are if they lose this suit, but I think a company that trolls around suing every company with the w
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by dstein 15y ago
It's really too bad. The Translate API was super, super fun to play with. I made myself a cute little interface to translate JavaScript or CSV arrays into multiple languages simultaneously. I envisioned being able to build fully self-tra

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